Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 625 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 196 Parallax 171 143% 181 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 165 Splatting 113 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV76D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 267 264 284 272 281 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 679 Write 300 Mixed 278 SusWrite 275 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 33 135% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 403 330% 483 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 147%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 662GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 296 292 298 298 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 460 Mixed 304 SusWrite 303 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 38.8 141% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 241 201% 290 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 868GB free Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1544 1471 1352 1571 1609 1248 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,463 Write 1,430 Mixed 1,268 SusWrite 1,466 317% 1,407 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 75.3 256% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 837 DQ Mixed 856 654% 886 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 477GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 146 149 151 109 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 135 Mixed 85 SusWrite 143 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GB 776 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 21.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 75%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99M-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	100x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	39x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	16x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair $92Bench 85%, 8,498 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	7x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16